Two alums, two years, two Pulitzers

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Sanaz Toossi '13

The 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner in drama

English

A quietly powerful play about four Iranian adults preparing for an English language exam in a storefront school near Tehran, where family separations and travel restrictions drive them to learn a new language that may alter their identities and also represent a new life.

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Nathan Thrall '00

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner in general nonfiction

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

A quietly powerful play about four Iranian adults preparing for an English language exam in a storefront school near Tehran, where family separations and travel restrictions drive them to learn a new language that may alter their identities and also represent a new life.

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